Monday, January 22, 2007

PADRE ISLAND SHELLS

I love crab and I love pasta, so when I found this recipe in my Taste of Home Cookbook Fall 2006, I knew it had to be tried. I'm making it for dinner tonight, so hopefully it's good :)

PADRE ISLAND SHELLS

1/2 cup chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion

4 tablespoons butter, divided

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups milk

1 large tomato, peeled and chopped

2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

1-1/4 cups shredded pepper Jack or Monterey Jack cheese, divided

3-1/2 cups medium shell pasta, cooked and drained

3 cans (6 ounces each) crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilate removed or 1 pound imitation crabmeat, flaked

1/2 cup dry bread crumbs




In a large saucepan, saute green pepper and onion in 2 tablespoons butter until tender.
Stir in flour and salt until blended.
Gradually stir in milk.

Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in tomato and parsley.

Remove from the heat; stir in 1 cup of cheese until melted.

Stir in pasta and crab.
Transfer to a greased shallow 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350º for 20 minutes.

Melt the remaining butter; toss with bread crumbs. Sprinkle over casserole.
Top with remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, for 5-10 minutes or until golden brown.

Yield: 6-8 servings.

8 comments:

  1. This sounds wonderful, Sandra!

    I will have to try it!

    God bless,
    Mrs.T

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  2. This looks so good! Which kind of crab are you using, canned or imitation?
    I want to try this one!

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  3. Mrs T - Thanks for dropping by :)

    Gail - I used the Imitation crab and it came out really good, I probably would have used a bit more crab but that's because we LOVE it :)

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  4. THanks Sandra for another fabulous recipe!!!!

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  5. Recipe sounds wonderful...when I saw the title, for a minute I thought you lived on Padre Island! Beautiful place.

    Thanks you for what your family and your husband do for the test of us. God bless you all.

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  6. This pasta dish sounds Heavenly! You can bet I'll be trying it. :)

    I’d love it if you’d stop by and contribute to my Super Bowl Sunday edition of my Favorite Ingredients Friday recipe exchange today!

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  7. Just saw this and can hardly wait to try it...can anything with pasta and crab NOT be fabulous! WOW!

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  8. Thanks, I'll have to try it sometime! I love that stuff!

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